Nick:Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching series"how do you say this in American English."
Nick:大家好，我是Nick.
Brad:大家好，我是Brad
Nick:那今天呢我要教大家一個(gè)詞組“relatively speaking"相對而言。這個(gè)詞組呢是用來做一個(gè)比較，就是說你在談?wù)撘粋€(gè)什么東西的時(shí)候，為了讓自己顯得不是那么絕對--大家都知道如果講話講得太絕對，大家可能聽的會比較反感不太喜歡，對吧。“這個(gè)東西絕對不好用，這個(gè)人絕對很壞"這樣一般我們會覺得非常武斷，是不太好，所以我們可以用這個(gè)比較就相當(dāng)于compare do something它是另一個(gè)表達(dá)方法我們常說的.So, I would say"relatively speaking, this exam is easier."
Brad: Yeah, it depends on who you are. Let's say that you are majoring in math. And you'll say, when you took the exam in algebra,"relatively speaking, that exam was pretty easy." But if you speak to someone who is never learned that before, they are gonna say,"what do you mean, what are you talking about? The exam is so hard." But since they know that you are a mathematician.they know that relatively speaking, it was easy for you. Another example I think was weather.Relatively speaking, it's warm out.Even now I'm wearing a sweater and a jacket and a hat. But you say relatively speaking because I have, uh, cousins in Florida, where is very hot out. It's very warm like they are wearing shorts and a t-shirt right now. But for Ohio, 60°F is a nice day in February.So that's my scenario to"relatively speaking"
Nick: Well, just say"relatively speaking, it's pretty nice outside."
Brad: So, considering you've known I'm wearing a lot of clothing to keep me warm. It's warm out for the time of the year.
Nick: Ok, But you don't have to really like list all the comparisons, right?
Brad: Not really. It's usually commented. They wanna know then they'll ask,"compare to what?'
Nick: You can just say,"um, relatively speaking, it's a good day today.I don't have to put on a lot of clothes. If they don't really know what you were mentioned to. They might ask you"oh, compared to what?"
Brad: You know, and I'll just say, Florida. But they should know that.
Nick: Yeah they shouldn't be asking this. Usually. 那Brad剛剛就是說呢這個(gè)“relatively speaking"你可以不需要，剛剛我舉的一個(gè)例子就說我考試我覺得這個(gè)考試簡單，他說如果你學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)的，你覺得數(shù)學(xué)考試簡單，但是相對而言，可能其他沒學(xué)過數(shù)學(xué)的就覺得考試難。包括我說的溫度，你覺得外面非常暖的。然后雖然你穿了很多，但是你覺得外面很暖，那是因?yàn)樵诙砗ザ磉@個(gè)地方呢因?yàn)樗容^冷，所以現(xiàn)在這個(gè)溫度他還是覺得很暖--雖然說其他人會覺得很冷，但是他仍然覺得很暖。其實(shí)可以試想一下，假如說你在東北,常年零下20℃，然后你跑到海南你會覺得非常暖，然后假如說海南是0℃，一個(gè)東北零下20℃跑過去覺得誒還是挺暖，但是海南就會覺得哇怎么這么冷，因?yàn)樗麄兤匠６际?0℃，這個(gè)就是“relatively speaking"有一個(gè)比較性。另一個(gè)他說的一個(gè)點(diǎn)就是你并不需要把所有的這個(gè)comparisons所有這個(gè)比較的物品參照物給說出來，這個(gè)是沒必要的，大家一聽就會聽得懂。比如說你現(xiàn)在覺得外面雖然很多人覺得很冷，但是你覺得很暖你走出去說很暖，你不需要說，因?yàn)槲沂窃诟涞牡胤介L大的，所以我覺得這個(gè)冷不算什么，你不需要說出來。這個(gè)畢竟不是你們討論的重點(diǎn)。那如果真的你們在聊天的時(shí)候，因?yàn)槟闶窍氡磉_(dá)自己不冷而已，其他人想要了解為什么你會這么說他們可能會問“compare to what?'為什么你會說這里很冷，或者說為什么你會說不冷就這樣。So this is the way we use"relatively speaking", I'll see you guys next class.
Brad: Bye, everyone！